Humans of Oslo was started up in July 2012, one year after the 22nd July 2011 terrorist attacks in the heart of Oslo and on the island of Utøya.There weren’t any projects in Oslo or Norway which focused on diversity from an international perspective and which portrayed a true picture of the capital’s inhabitants.

Iffit Qureshi founder and photographer behind this project decided to focus on who people are and not their ethnicity, faith or sexuality. Humans of Oslo was going to be unique in Norway, where people would be viewed as people and treated with the respect and dignity they deserved. At the same time Humans of Oslo would give Oslo people a sense of pride in the city and teach them about the people they share a common space with.